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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these MOOCs? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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